Radiohead erase online presence as fans anticipate album news

Radiohead have erased their internet presence as fans anticipate looming news of their ninth album.

The band’s Facebook and Twitter pages are both blank, and the official Radiohead website displays a blank homepage. It comes as the band sent out cryptic leaflets to fans. The leaflets feature Radiohead’s ‘bear’ logo and the words: “Sing the song of sixpence that goes burn the witch. We know where you live.”

Radiohead have 12million Facebook ‘likes’ and 1.5m Twitter followers. Their website gradually decreased in opacity over a number of hours before disappearing completely.

King Of Limbs was released in an unusual manner, with frontman Thom Yorke handing out Radiohead-themed newspapers at record stores. And 2007’s In Rainbows was initially released online only, with fans invited to pay whatever price they wanted to download it.